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An Englishwoman in California | |
Hardback, 240 pages 216 x 138 mm 14 black and white illustrations ISBN 1851243445 RRP £25.00 Publication 15 Oct 2010 |
A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback wrote regularly to her eldest son John and his wife Mary. Her letters offer an articulate, detailed commentary on life in California by a gentlewoman managing a household and finding her place in a new world. Add To Basket |
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The Vernon Manuscript Individuals Version | |
DVD-ROM, ISBN 1851243291 RRP £64.62 Publication 15 Sep 2010 |
Contains over 350 Middle English texts, among them "Piers Plowman", "the Ancrene Riwle", the "South English Legendary", the "Prick of Conscience", and the "Miracles of the Virgin". This title is suitable for students of literature, art, and language. It includes a DVD-ROM containing a full facsimile with images of each page of the manuscript. Add To Basket |
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The Vernon Manuscript Institutions Version | |
DVD-ROM, ISBN 185124333X RRP £193.87 Publication 15 Sep 2010 |
Contains over 350 Middle English texts, among them "Piers Plowman", "the Ancrene Riwle", the "South English Legendary", the "Prick of Conscience", and the "Miracles of the Virgin". This title is suitable for students of literature, art, and language. It includes a DVD-ROM containing a full facsimile with images of each page of the manuscript. Add To Basket |
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The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 | |
Hardback, 224 pages 196 x 129 mm ISBN 1851243488 RRP £12.99 Publication 15 Sep 2010 |
Dealing with the subject of slang words and their meanings, this title attempts to show the overlap and integration between canting words and common slang words. It presents canting words along with the terms used by sailors, labourers, and those in the common currency of domestic culture. Add To Basket |
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De Uiris Illustribus / On Famous Men | |
Hardback, 1028 pages 228 x 152 mm 8 pages of plates ISBN 1851243674 RRP £120.00 Publication 04 Aug 2010 |
Equipped with a commission from Henry VIII, John Leland began to record the contents of English monastic libraries in 1533 before they were dispersed. This title offers a testament to medieval and early modern habits of book collecting, and also to history and national identity, lay incomplete at Leland's death. Add To Basket |
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The Original Rules of Tennis | |
Hardback, 64 pages 155 x 100 x 13 mm illustrations ISBN 1851243186 RRP £5.99 Publication 04 Jun 2010 |
While Jeu de paume has been played in France for hundreds of years and was associated with the French and English medieval and renaissance courts, the modern game of tennis dates from 1874, when the rules were defined by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield. This book examines the history of the rules of tennis. Add To Basket |
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Terence's Comedies Institutional Version | |
CD-ROM, ISBN 1851243283 RRP £193.87 Publication 01 Jun 2010 |
The six Latin Comedies of "Publius Terentius Afer" ("Terence"), written in the earlier second century BC, were well known in the ancient Roman world and continued to be popular into early modern times. This title includes illustrations occurring at the beginning of each scene, based on earlier Carolingian models. Add To Basket |
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Terence's Comedies Individuals Version | |
CD-ROM, ISBN 1851243240 RRP £55.00 Publication 01 Jun 2010 |
The six Latin Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer ('Terence'), written in the earlier second century BC, were well known in the ancient Roman world and continued to be popular into early modern times. There are over 600 surviving manuscript witnesses for the plays. Add To Basket |
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John Aubrey and the Advancement of Learning | |
Paperback, 112 pages 250 x 183 mm Illustrations ISBN 1851243194 RRP £25.00 Publication 01 May 2010 |
Celebrates the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Society. Add To Basket |
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The Itineraries of William Wey | |
Hardback, 272 pages 234 x 156 x 30 mm Illustrations, maps ISBN 1851243046 RRP £27.99 Publication 01 Apr 2010 |
William Wey, fifteenth-century Devon priest, Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and Bursar of Eton College, made three pilgrimages between 1456 and 1462 - to Compostella, Rome and the Holy Land. Add To Basket |
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